Worst of all, per-click pricing on ads declined 15%. There's virtually zero chance that ad pricing is ever going to move in any other direction but down from here.Edited 2012-10-18 19:55 UTCThu, 18 Oct 2012 19:54:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (jared_wilkes)CommentsThree thingshttp://www.osnews.com/thread?539048
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539048(1) More than $2bn profit for three months is nothing to laugh at.
(2) Apps are eating into search, i.e., skip the google search box or google app and go directly to 3rd party app itself. Also, lots of people are buying into the proprietary Amazon market for some reason.
(3) Google sold 8 million Nexus 7 tablets, which is a big positive for things to come as they team with Samsung for better hardware among tablets, Chromebooks, and Chromebox.

And let's not forget we're in the worst economic times since the early 1930s. If you have a decent job, you're fortunate. The rest of us are stalled in neutral for now.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:01:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (zaine_ridling)CommentsIt's hard to understandhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?539049
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539049They make a lot of profit, but still their shares lose 10% value in a day.

These kind of pushes for unreasonable expectations are the main cause of greediness in businesses. If people would be content with regular profits, then I believe there would be less patent wars, and abrupt layoffs.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:05:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (sukru)CommentsIs that still OSnews?http://www.osnews.com/thread?539050
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539050I see a lot of posts lately which have little to do, directly, with OS stuff. "Posts" is also quite an exaggeration as most are basically reposts/links from The Verge or others.
This particular story can already be read everywhere on the net, from the BBC to The Verge, and has no connection with the stated purpose of the site. Why do I have to (also) read about it on OSnews?Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:11:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (digitallysane)CommentsRE: Is that still OSnews?http://www.osnews.com/thread?539052
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539052You do not have to.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:19:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (jared_wilkes)CommentsRE: Is that still OSnews?http://www.osnews.com/thread?539055
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539055

and has no connection with the stated purpose of the site.

Which would be?Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:25:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda)CommentsRE[2]: Is that still OSnews?http://www.osnews.com/thread?539056
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539056To whine like a rusty wheel on a '84 Ford Pinto.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:30:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (fretinator)CommentsRE: It's hard to understandhttp://www.osnews.com/thread?539060
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539060At a basic level, stocks are often valued according to there revenue per share as well as growth potential. The stock was priced according to what the analysts predicted for their earnings report. That value was off, thus the stock was over priced for the actual amount of revenue, profits they are producing and investors sold off.

Is that greed? I don't think it is. The greed imho, isn't the sell off, its the often speculative build up ( I'm not saying that's the case for the google stock ).Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:56:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul)CommentsRE: Three thingshttp://www.osnews.com/thread?539062
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539062Where did you read that Google sold 8 million Nexus 7s this quarter?

I know there's an old article about an analyst predicting the possibility that they could sell as much as 8 million Nexus 7s by year end, but that's a different time span, a prediction, and from an analyst. Nowhere in Google's announcement, nor thus far on the call, have they stated a figure for Nexus 7 units sold in the financial quarter.

But maybe I've missed it... so I ask: where did you read that Google sold 8 million 7s?Edited 2012-10-18 20:59 UTCThu, 18 Oct 2012 20:58:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (jared_wilkes)CommentsAnalysts...http://www.osnews.com/thread?539067
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539067Analysts and other reliable crystal ball gazers predicted stability and continued world economic growth all the way up to the point where the world economies tanked in the recent GFC. If you bet solely on their reading of the tea leaves you truly are a thrill-seeker. Good luck to you. I'm sure the same analysts saw great value in Facebook shares at the recent IPO. Me, I slaughter my own chicken and read the entrails for a reliable forecast.Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:46:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Digihooman)CommentsRE: Who cares about analysts?http://www.osnews.com/thread?539088
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539088

Worst of all, per-click pricing on ads declined 15%. There's virtually zero chance that ad pricing is ever going to move in any other direction but down from here.

I wouldn't say zero chance. Fluctuations are quite common in business, and Google's current quarter might be better than its last one.

But Google is certainly facing heavy headwinds in mobile. Not because of Android or Motorola -- but because of the effect it's having on ad pricing. Google, after all, generates 97% of its revenues from ads.

Mobile ads are simply worth a lot less than ads shown on desktops and laptops. Just like Internet ads are worth a lot less than newspaper ads. This is the problem with ad-supported business models -- you put yourself at the mercy of many factors that are simply out of your control.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:46:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (tanzam75)CommentsRE: Analysts...http://www.osnews.com/thread?539093
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539093

Me, I slaughter my own chicken and read the entrails for a reliable forecast.

Mobile ads are simply worth a lot less than ads shown on desktops and laptops. Just like Internet ads are worth a lot less than newspaper ads. This is the problem with ad-supported business models -- you put yourself at the mercy of many factors that are simply out of your control.

But aside from ads, is there a semi-working business model out there for "free" services like websites, rather than doing something profitable as a side business and operating them at a loss ?Edited 2012-10-19 08:45 UTCFri, 19 Oct 2012 08:44:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (Neolander)CommentsRE[2]: Who cares about analysts?http://www.osnews.com/thread?539127
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539127No, GOOG doesn't generate 97% of its revenue from ads; it generates 97% of its profits. This qtr Motorola represented 18% of revenue.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:18:00 GMTdonotreply@osnews.com (jared_wilkes)CommentsCash stock pilehttp://www.osnews.com/thread?539144
http://www.osnews.com/thread?539144Just to reassure everyone